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    While Your PSN Trophies Are Safe, New York Times Says Your Credit Card Info May Not Be

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    Edited By patrickklepek

    PSN has been down a full week now.
    PSN has been down a full week now.
    It's always better to start with the good news, right? I've been asking Sony for several days (and getting no response) about whether cloud-based game saves and PlayStation Network trophies would still exist when the service comes back online (hopefully) next week.

    Last night, the company addressed it.

    Sony senior director of corporate communications and social media Patrick Seybold posted yet another question-and-answer session on the PlayStation Blog, addressing many of these inquiries. 

    Seybold says trophies will be re-synced properly upon PSN's return, history/friends list/settings are intact, and cloud saves will not disappear. Of course, everyone will remain curious until PSN is back.

    Oh, right. The bad news. The New York Times cites several security researchers who have noticed chatter on hacker forums that a database featuring personal data and credit card information for 2.2 million individuals has been shopped around. Reportedly, Sony was even offered a chance to buy it. 

    == TEASER == Seybold told the NYT he was unaware of any such deal proposed to Sony, but even today, the company still cannot one-hundred-percent guarantee your credit card details were not accessed.

    Here's a huge caveat, too: there's no way to verify the database is real. No one has actually seen it.

    Caveats and uncertainty are not a way to build confidence with consumers. The drama continues.    
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    #1  Edited By patrickklepek

    PSN has been down a full week now.
    PSN has been down a full week now.
    It's always better to start with the good news, right? I've been asking Sony for several days (and getting no response) about whether cloud-based game saves and PlayStation Network trophies would still exist when the service comes back online (hopefully) next week.

    Last night, the company addressed it.

    Sony senior director of corporate communications and social media Patrick Seybold posted yet another question-and-answer session on the PlayStation Blog, addressing many of these inquiries. 

    Seybold says trophies will be re-synced properly upon PSN's return, history/friends list/settings are intact, and cloud saves will not disappear. Of course, everyone will remain curious until PSN is back.

    Oh, right. The bad news. The New York Times cites several security researchers who have noticed chatter on hacker forums that a database featuring personal data and credit card information for 2.2 million individuals has been shopped around. Reportedly, Sony was even offered a chance to buy it. 

    == TEASER == Seybold told the NYT he was unaware of any such deal proposed to Sony, but even today, the company still cannot one-hundred-percent guarantee your credit card details were not accessed.

    Here's a huge caveat, too: there's no way to verify the database is real. No one has actually seen it.

    Caveats and uncertainty are not a way to build confidence with consumers. The drama continues.    
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    #2  Edited By EquitasInvictus

    This is really dangerous.

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    #3  Edited By abdo

    Film at eleven?


    I don't mean to take the situation lightly, but I am less worried about trophies at this point, personal and credit card info is what really matters most.
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    #4  Edited By DJJoeJoe

    Does the PSN store have other options to buy content on it, like points or paypal?

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    #5  Edited By patrickklepek
    @DJJoeJoe said:
    " Does the PSN store have other options to buy content on it, like points or paypal? "
    Yep, you can buy point cards at stores.
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    The database claims to contain Security Numbers for the cards. Which Sony doesn't store.


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    #7  Edited By Skald

    Thanks for being stupidly silent on the matter Sony.

    No, really, I find it awesome and reassuring, and it definitely hasn't left this whole issue open to rampant speculation.
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    #8  Edited By Estwilde

    There's been a few posts on reddit and a few on the forum here about people seeing and getting calls about unathorized charges. Can't really confirm whether they're truthful or not, but people on PSN might just want to get new cards before you have to deal with false charges and identify theft. It's not your fault, but the ensuing credit hit that comes with everything is just so much trouble that it's better to be pre-emptive about it.

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    #9  Edited By SolidOcelot

    i am less interested in the continued developments (the damage has been done) but i am incredibly curious as to how Sony is going to win back its users.

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    #10  Edited By MachoFantastico

    What an absolute mess! If (and that's a rather large if) Sony can get over this, will they even be able to gain customers trust again. I agree with those that recommend using PSN cards from now on. 

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    #11  Edited By Hailinel

    I've said this numerous times before, but it bears repeating.  if your credit card information was among those affected, call your card company now and have them issue you a new one.  The worst case scenario is that you'll be without an active credit card for about a week.

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    #12  Edited By jacdg

    Glad I got my credit card cancelled.

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    #13  Edited By SomeJerk

    Everybody makes it sounds like they were storing everything permanently including the CVC2.

    They weren't.

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    #14  Edited By edwardt

    I would happily trade my trophies for my credit card info.

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    #15  Edited By Th3_James

    Suck Fony

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    #16  Edited By jdeano

    Oh awesome.

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    #17  Edited By Mikazukinoyaiba

    It's fake, the hackers even claimed to have the ccv2 code of the credit cards despite that PSN doesn't request such information.

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    #18  Edited By phish09

    The way Sony is handling this is beyond disgusting.  Quit telling us what you don't know and start telling us what you do know Sony. 

    I'm pissed off as hell right now. 

    Tickets for Phish at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago go on sale tomorrow morning.  This concert is going to sell out within minutes, but because of Sony I had to call and cancel my credit card on Wednesday and was told that I would not receive a new one until one or two weeks from now. 

    Sony better either pony up and buy me some Phish tickets or somehow be able to repay me for the fact that I am going to be missing the only vacation I was going to have a chance to go on this year.  I don't even know how you put a monetary value on something like that, but Sony better find a way to make this up to us. If I have to dish out $500 a piece for scalper tickets than Sony better be covering that cost for me as well.  2 weeks without my credit card is going to put a serious strain on my bank account, and now it's causing me to miss the closest Phish shows to me and hence means that I probably won't even be able to see them this summer. 

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    #19  Edited By Chris2KLee

    The database sale sounds like a hoax, or someone trying to cash in on the hysteria. Still, the bad press keeps rolling out and Sony has done little except make a few blog posts. It's a bush league reaction, and they are going to pay for it in public perception.

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    #20  Edited By HadesTimes

    I think all the news organizations need to take a pill and stop trying to get readers through hype.  Because every time anyone says anything about this thing it explodes.  I think everyone needs to do some fact checking before they go off half cocked and report things. Oh yeah, that would be responsible, no one does that anymore.

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    #21  Edited By ThePickle
    @edwardt said:
    " I would happily trade my trophies for my credit card info. "
    This.

    Wasn't the FBI supposed to be involved? And still no official word from Sony. What a complete calamity.
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    #22  Edited By pickassoreborn

    Future purchases of PSN stuff will be via point cards for me. Nice work, Sony.

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    #23  Edited By AmericanNinja

    thats been debunked because companies cant store your CVV2 number.

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    #24  Edited By MassiveDuck

    Ohh Sony... I almost feel bad, until i remember it was their own shitty infrastructure which lead to all this. 


    Who really expected this to become this huge when the network died a week ago?  This really is a PR disaster, no matter what ends up being the final result.  I know i'm going to remember this when deciding what console I buy next generation.
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    #25  Edited By Jost1

    The breach of trust is worsened by the awful way Sony continues to handle this.

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    #26  Edited By Jost1

    MS and Nintendo are big evil corporations too but hey, at least they didn't compromise my fucking credit card.

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    #27  Edited By Mikazukinoyaiba
    @phish09 said:
    " The way Sony is handling this is beyond disgusting.  Quit telling us what you don't know and start telling us what you do know Sony.  I'm pissed off as hell right now.  Tickets for Phish at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago go on sale tomorrow morning.  This concert is going to sell out within minutes, but because of Sony I had to call and cancel my credit card on Wednesday and was told that I would not receive a new one until one or two weeks from now.  Sony better either pony up and buy me some Phish tickets or somehow be able to repay me for the fact that I am going to be missing the only vacation I was going to have a chance to go on this year.  I don't even know how you put a monetary value on something like that, but Sony better find a way to make this up to us. If I have to dish out $500 a piece for scalper tickets than Sony better be covering that cost for me as well.  2 weeks without my credit card is going to put a serious strain on my bank account, and now it's causing me to miss the closest Phish shows to me and hence means that I probably won't even be able to see them this summer.  "
    If you buy scalper tickets it is your own fault, as for not having your credit card putting strain on your bank account I also don't understand that. You're spending money you don't have, when that CC bill arrives that strain is already there just postponed. Unless you do make up the money rapidly enough, perhaps you should budget better?

    idk this is just from my experience with credit cards, I use them to buy things in an emergency only and never to buy things with money I don't have or anticipate having sometime later.
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    #28  Edited By rjayb89

    HAH, TOO LATE, BITCHES. I CANCELLED MY SHIT YESTERDAY.

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    #29  Edited By lutonhatter
    @phish09:
    I want to laugh at your ridiculous post, but I'm afraid you will decided to blame me as well and start demanding I buy you tickets as well.
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    This makes me lol. I'm glad I pay 45 dollars a year to have a good online subscription =].


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    #31  Edited By MrGetBonus
    @phish09:  or you could have just not overreacted to something that may or may not happen.
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    #32  Edited By Brendan

    As much as I know that no network is truly safe, I have to believe that a large part of the cost of Xbox Live (which many gamers love to knock on) is only notable in the things that don't happen to it.  It could have little to do with it, but this may be an unfortunate case of getting what you pay for in regards to PSN.

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    #33  Edited By Phoenix87

    Canceled my card two days ago. Thanks Sony for keeping me in the dark for a week.

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    #34  Edited By PrivateIronTFU

    Who's the one douchebag on Facebook that likes this?

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    #35  Edited By Deeveeus
    @DJJoeJoe: points cards, same as Xbox...its what I'll be using
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    #36  Edited By zero_

    Apparently the 2.2 million CC info is fake from my er... investigative journalism.

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    #37  Edited By NickM

    Good thing the credit card I used on PSN got canned in August. 

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    #38  Edited By yoctoyotta

    The people shilling the 2.2 million CC database are supposedly saying the data comes with CVV2s as well, something that was never collected by Sony. Not that people shouldn't continue to be on alert for fraud, but I call BS on this claim that these cards are from PSN users. It's just brilliant dishonest marketing tactics coming out of a community of thieves targeted at idiots eager to spend money buying card numbers from a very high profile breach.

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    #39  Edited By MikkaQ

    Man now I don't know if I want to get a new card or not. Worst case scenario, I notice weird activity and cancel the charges, take the credit hit and move on. But I can't be without a card for however long it takes for them to send me a new one. I eat with that thing. 

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    #40  Edited By MAST
    @phish09:

    It's funny watching you jump from PSN news article, to PSN news article with your unwarranted hysteria. Honestly, your knee-jerk reactions to this are what is hurting you the most, and I wonder how many other people are reacting in the same ridiculous manner. Probably a lot.

    Personally, I haven't reacted to this PSN stuff in any way whatsoever. I had my credit card number, and personal information typed into my PSN account just like a lot of other people, yet I haven't done anything about it. I haven't cancelled my credit card. I've done nothing. I might at some point, if I notice any fishy activity, but I'm pretty confident that nothing is going to happen to me. Which is why I've done nothing.
    See how that works? A potentially bad situation comes around, and instead of flipping out about it, and immediately taking action, I'm calmly observing before I react. Because of that, this whole situation has been a minor nuisance to me. Nothing more.
    In fact, people like you in these comment threads are more annoying than this entire PSN debacle. There is a reason why a ton of people are replying to your comments, telling you that you are being a moron, and basically laughing at you...

    I think Patrick Klepick's latest tweet is pretty dead on. He linked this article. For real. Most of you people that are posting in these PSN news threads are acting absurd.
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    #41  Edited By halberdierv2

    well, I think the safest way to do a sony transaction now is with the game cards. this credit card thing is too much.

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    #42  Edited By CyleMoore
    @XII_Sniper: Same here, but mine expires in two months so I might just wait it out.
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    #43  Edited By Siphillis

    I think Klepek is a cool dude.   eh breaks stories and doesn't afraid of anything.


    In all seriousness, this is why Sony need to definitely answer questions regarding credit cards, the moment there is any suspicion of theft.
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    #44  Edited By Surkov
    @rjayb89 said:
    " HAH, TOO LATE, BITCHES. I CANCELLED MY SHIT YESTERDAY. "
    This. 
    It's not that hard to cancel a credit card people. 
    With regards to the other personal info, hope the best I guess (shitty I know).  
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    If this goes bad, this could be really really bad for the video games industry as a whole.

    I suddenly don't mind Nintendo asking me for my stuff everytime I buy something.

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    #46  Edited By MikkaQ
    @CyleMoore said:
    " @XII_Sniper: Same here, but mine expires in two months so I might just wait it out. "
    Yeah that's the thing, I got a good couple years on this one. It's not very old. Ugh credit cards are a hassle sometimes. 
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    #47  Edited By Deeveeus
    @Hailinel said:
    " I've said this numerous times before, but it bears repeating.  if your credit card information was among those affected, call your card company now and have them issue you a new one.  The worst case scenario is that you'll be without an active credit card for about a week. "
    This is the smartest post here...instead of bitching and worrying, go cancel cards, wait the week to get a new number. They don;t have your social insurance number...call your banks, find out what you can do...this is always possible on the net, whether it be Sony or Amazon or EBay, protect yourself...change ALL passwords as well if they match the one you used on PSN.
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    #48  Edited By Saga

    Sony - Stop outsourcing jobs and insource network/IT security administrators and engineers. And while you are it....hire someone that will actually communicate with your "valuable" customers!!

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    #49  Edited By JokerFrown

    Damnit Sony.  You OWE your customers more then this.  You NEED to be open on every single nitty gritty detail of this calamity.  Way to drag your own name through the dirt.  Even if this "database turns out to be fake, you need to let us know so that we can take steps to prevent identity theft.  

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    #50  Edited By p_p_o_d
    @Protome said:
    " The database claims to contain Security Numbers for the cards. Which Sony doesn't store.

    "
    this seems to be the big thing people are missing when reporting the story.

    Not only did Sony already say they dont store the security numbers on there servers but it is also ILLEGAL for any company to store them.  This sounds like it could just be someone trying to pass off credit cards from normal scams as the PSN data.



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